Winnipeg Free Press September 17

Is warm and fuzzy Prime Minister Stephen Harper real?

The nasty, ultra-partisan and controlling bully who spent millions on an unprecedented 20 months of non-stop attack ads to destroy his chief adversary is gone? (Keep reading…)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~(((( T h e B u l l e t ))))~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A Socialist Project e-bulletin … No. 137 … September 17, 2008 _________________________________________________________________ (Keep reading…)

Progressive Economics Forum September 11, 2008

As the federal political parties begin to make promises of new spending or tax cuts, the question arises as to how much fiscal room is available to Canada’s next government.The short answer is that the Conservatives and Liberals have locked themselves into the same fiscal box, and only the NDP has the room needed to make new commitments. (Keep reading…)

Globe and Mail Update
September 11, 2008

It seems Stephen Harper and his family is once again reaching out to wish me and the rest of Canada’s Jewish population a happy Rosh Hashanah - the Jewish New Year. (Keep reading…)

Globe & Mail September 12, 2008

Let me be clear. I was totally engaged by the U.S. election until it began. The runup - the primary season - was gripping, especially the Obama-Clinton duel. But since the official campaigns launched, it’s been dull and alienating. Ours is the opposite: dreary before, not now. Take this week’s big issues: the May May debate? debate and the back-down here; the lipstick smear there. (Keep reading…)

Winnipeg Free Press September 12

From the day Prime Minister Stephen Harper began his public musings about a fall election, he repeatedly downplayed the possibility of the Conservatives actually winning a majority. The numbers, he said, weren’t all that promising and there was a very good chance of another minority government being elected. Harper made these comments, presumably, for two reasons: first, he wanted to dismiss any suggestion that his intended dissolution of Parliament was merely opportunistic, a cynical junking of his own fixed-date election with the sole purpose of obtaining a majority and giving his party complete control over Parliament. (Keep reading…)

Canadian Police Alliance September 11, 2008

Stephen Harper said today that Canadian soldiers will be withdrawn from Afghanistan by 2011. This contradicts previous statements by the Harper government that have alluded to another possible extension past 2011. Harper claims that Canadians will have lost the appetite for war in three years from now. The reality is that Canadians lost the appetite for war a long time ago. Just weeks after Harper last extended Canada‚s mission on March 13, 2008, an Angus Reid poll showed that 58 per cent of Canadians believed it was the wrong decision. (Keep reading…)

rabble.ca SEP 11TH, 2008

NAFTA renegotiation was to be the giant elephant, or pink dinosaur, in the room throughout both the U.S. and Canadian federal elections. But it has yet to make much of an appearance, at least in Canada, even with the economy cited as Canadians’ second most important issue, and with one U.S. presidential candidate saying that, if elected, he will want to open up the free trade agreement. (Keep reading…)

Winnipeg Free Press September 10

The Conservative agenda isn’t hidden. It’s in plain view, thanks to a University of Calgary political scientist. And contrary to the intent of the Conservatives’ election framing question, it makes a Conservative vote the real risk. (Keep reading…)

Globe and Mail September 10, 2008

The federal government is expected to continue blocking international efforts to place the chrysotile variety of asbestos, the type mined in Quebec, on the UN’s list of the world’s worst substances, at a high-level international meeting next month. (Keep reading…)